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Adelaide, city, Australia

(Encyclopedia)Adelaide, city (2020 pop. 26,177, Greater Adelaide 2020 pop. 1,376,601,), capital and chief port of South Australia, S Australia, at the mouth of the Torrens River on Gulf St. Vincent. It ...

Brunswick, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Brunswick or Braunschweig brounˈshvīk [key], city, Lower Saxony, central Germany, on th...

Winnipeg, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Winnipeg wĭnˈĭpĕg [key], city (1991 pop. 616,790), provincial capital, SE Man., Canada, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is the province's largest city and one of the world'...

Córdoba, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Córdoba or Cordova both: kôrˈdōvä [key], city, capital of Córdoba prov., S Spain, i...

Cartagena, city, Colombia

(Encyclopedia)Cartagena kärtähāˈnä [key], city, capital of Bolívar dept., NW Colombia, a port on the ...

Lima, city, Peru

(Encyclopedia)Lima lēˈmə, Span. lēˈmä [key], city (1990 metropolitan area est. pop. 6,400,000), W Peru, capital and largest city of Peru. Its port is Callao. The Lima urban area is Peru's economic center and ...

Quebec, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. The population is largely French speaking, and the town...

Marl, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Marl märl [key], city (1994 pop. 92,590), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It is an industrial and mining (coal, lead, and zinc) center, and also supports a number of chemical factories. Now a mo...

Placentia, city, California

(Encyclopedia)Placentia, city (1990 pop. 41,259), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1926. Once a rural farming community, it has become a residential city with manufactures that include industrial products, foods, furnitu...

Querétaro, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Querétaro kārāˈtärō [key], officially Santiago de Querétaro, city (1990 pop. 385,503) and capital of Querétaro de Arteaga state, central Mexico. It is a distribution center with industries pro...